Microsoft IE Test Drive official website provides two new test program to help the user experience IE9 full hardware acceleration. If you install IE9 Beta Preview, or platform, then it may use the “Santa’s Work” (Santa’s Workshop) and the “HTML5 snow” (HTML5 Blizzard) to test your browser.

In “Santa’s work” test, your browser faster rendering of HTML5 scene, there will be more and more elves to help Santa Claus collect the presents. Rob Mauceri Microsoft IE program manager, said the experience of the test and the use of SVG graphics HTML5 HTML5 audio and other technologies.

Test Address: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/performance/SantasWorkshop/

IE9 Beta (32 small Wizard)

Chrome 8 (2 small Wizard)

“HTML5 snow” test, your score shows a real-time rendering of the amount of snow, you can see more snow, state your browser and PC faster rate. The experience of integration of the HTML5 canvas, SVG, audio, CSS3 and WOFF fonts and other technologies.

Test Address: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/html5/Blizzard/

IE9 (1001 flakes of snow)

Chrome 8 (3 flakes of snow)